Sajid Khan Says 'Main Zinda Hoon', Issues Clarification As He Gets Mistaken For Mother India Actor

Director Sajid Khan issued a video statement on Thursday, December 28 to clarify that he is alive. This comes a day after the death of actor Sajid Khan, who played the younger version of Sunil Dutt’s Birju in the superhit film Mother India. Following the actor’s death, some people confused him with director Sajid.

In the video statement that the Housefull director shared on his Instagram handle, he stated that he is alive and revealed that the actor who passed away was 20 years older than him. “Mother India film released in 1957, and the child actor who played Sunil Dutt’s younger version was Sajid Khan. He was born in 1951, I was born 20 years after that. He has passed away, however, some irresponsible media people have used my photo with the news,” Sajid said in Hindi.

The filmmaker further shared that a lot of people have been messaging and calling him to check if he is alive or not. “To main haath jodke request karta hu media walon se aur doston se, fans se jitne bhi duniya bhar me mujhe iss waqt dekh rahe hain. I am alive. And may that Sajid Khan’s soul genuinely rest in peace. (I request media, fans, friends, and everyone watching this video- I am alive),” he added.

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Director Sajid Khan is Farah Khan’s brother. He has directed several films including Heyy Babyy, Housefull, Housefull 2, Himmatwala and Humshakals. He was last seen in Bigg Boss 16.

On the other hand, actor Sajid Khan worked in movies like Maya, The Singing Filipina, The Unmade Films, My Funny Girl, Savera, Mahatma and the Mad Boy, Zindagi Aur Toofan, Mandir Masjid, Dahshat and Do Number Ke Ameer. He passed away on December 27 following a battle with cancer. “My father was adopted by Rajkumar Pitamber Rana and Sunita Pitamber and fostered by filmmaker Mehboob Khan. He was not active in films for a while and was mostly involved in philanthropy. He used to come to Kerala quite often and he liked it here, remarried, and settled here,” the actor’s son Sameer told PTI.